I’ll go back in time now and make a list of all the mobile handsets I have owned till date. You may notice that the list is quite long, with it being especially dense in the first few years.
The iPhone X still holds the record of the longest used mobile handset by me (almost 3 years).
| Year | Phone | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Reliance LG RD2030 (CDMA) | My first phone, my father had to pull many strings to get me this. |
| 2004 | Nokia 3530 | My first colour phone. I miss the paragliding game. |
| 2004 | Samsung C100 | Had a hidden temperature sensor and a notification LED supporting customisable colours. |
| 2004 | Samsung X100 | Slightly better than the above. |
| 2004 | Nokia 1100 | My first phone with a torch. |
| 2005 | Nokia 2112 | My last CDMA phone. |
| 2005 | Nokia N-Gage QD | Didn’t have stereo audio for music playback. |
| 2005 | Nokia 3510i | Purchased Second hand. |
| 2005 | O2 Xphone II | One of the best phones I had. |
| 2005 | Motorola C350 | When the above got stolen. I think I got it for ~₹1000, second hand. Shitty. |
| 2006 | Nokia 6100 | Second Hand. |
| 2006 | Nokia E50 | One of the best phones I had. It was the sleekest Symbian ever. I still use the Text Tone “Flurry” as my wife’s message tone. |
| 2006 | Sony Ericsson J100i | Shitty. |
| 2007 | Nokia N73 ME | It was thick, but had a good (back then) camera. |
| 2007 | Nokia E51 | Back to the thinner E Series. |
| 2007 | LG KS20 | One of the worst phones I had. It was unrefined and shitty. |
| 2008 | Nokia E51 | Went back to E51. |
| 2009 | Nokia E52 | Good phone, died on the flight to Palo Alto. I spent an entire weekend in San Francisco and many days in Gurgaon trying to get it repaired, but failed. |
| 2010 | iPhone 3G | Got this as a temporary phone in Palo Alto, later gifted to mother. Used only a week. |
| 2010 | Nokia E63 | Mooched this one off my father. |
| 2011 | Nokia E7-00 | First phone I ever pre-booked, and got immediately after returning from Turkey. My first AMOLED phone. |
| 2012 | Nokia Lumia 900 | Was obsoleted by Microsoft within a few months of launch. Got it from SGBest. |
| 2013 | Nokia Lumia 720 | Got it from MGF Metropolitan Mall |
| 2013 | Nokia Lumia 925 | The Lumia 720 didn’t feel premium enough, so. |
| 2014 | Nokia Lumia 920 | The Lumia 925 didn’t have wireless charging, so. |
| 2014 | Nokia Lumia 830 | Slightly bigger screen, but LCD. |
| 2015 | Microsoft Lumia 950XL | Lumia Flagship. Also, a big mistake. |
| 2017 | Apple iPhone 7 Plus | First legit iPhone. |
| 2018 | Apple iPhone X | Gift from a fiend. |
| 2019 | Apple iPhone XS | Got it for dual SIM during travel, gifted iPhone X to wife. |
| 2020 | Apple iPhone X | Swapped Xs with X with wife, as I switched jobs and didn’t need to travel anymore. |
| 2020 | Apple iPhone 12 Pro | First phone I bought in a long time with money I already had |
| 2022 | Apple iPhone 14 Pro | First phone I bought with a 120Hz display |
| 2024 | Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Current Phone |
As you can see, my mobile handsets have gone through different eras:
2003-2005 : Feature Phone era. I generally bought any handset I liked.
2005-2011 : Symbian Era. I mostly had Symbian phones with some other platforms sprinkled in between.
2012-2015 : Lumia Era. I purely had Windows Phones.
2017-Present : Apple Era.
Let’s see what the future brings.
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hey scurvy. you don’t blog much these days. miss your blogs.
It’s impressive that you have never used an Android phone or an iPhone or Blackberry for that matter. For that, sir, I salute you.
Ha Ha, I am nothing, if not loyal.
You are nothing but a chutmari chutiya chootchakka.
No.